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Chapter 157 "Signal" trio confirmed

The result of the first "Gravity" promotion meeting was a bad end.

Except for Qin Zhonghe, chairman of Guoying, who stood on his side, Fantasy World Network, Penguin Video, United Cinemas and Tianrun Film all expressed varying degrees of disapproval.

Among them, United Cinemas and Tianrun have the most objections. Not only are they unwilling to invest in this movie, but they even as shareholders of DreamWorks clearly oppose Chen Jingxing's continued promotion of the "Gravity" project.

Of course, Chen Jingxing currently holds absolute control over DreamWorks, and the opposition has no practical impact on him, but this also marks that the honeymoon period between DreamWorks and several production partners seems to be coming to an end.

Since the first round of financing, the four shareholders of DreamWorks have made money in the two projects of "Signal" and "Source Code", and some people have made money and strong efforts.

It can be said that Chen Jingxing was able to shoot these two movies when DreamWorks was just starting to build talent, able to sustain the fierce ticket-making war during the National Day holiday, and initially establish Japan and South Korea without the cooperation of Hollywood publishers.

The issuance network in Southeast Asia and in various European markets are gradually being released, and the four shareholders of DreamWorks have made great efforts behind the scenes.

Of course, this is also Chen Jingxing's original intention of introducing these four companies in the financing. Otherwise, if DreamWorks will build a complete organizational structure and establish a reliable crew, it will be the year of the Monkey and Horse Month.

It can be said that most of the current employees of DreamWorks and most of the talents in the crew who have been working with him are quite happy, basically have the background of four shareholders, even the director of the TV series "Signal" that just signed with DreamWorks.

Tian Xinye is also recommended by Penguin Video Network and is a director trained by others.

For comparison, although the money has been in place, Chen Sicheng's "Detective Chinatown" has not started filming yet.

His previous movie "Northern Love" was invested and produced by Jingying and United Cinemas. Although he wrote and directed it himself, he was still a working man, and the crew was provided by Jingying.

"Gravity" is a project with a long production cycle. Of course, it is not that the shooting time is long, but that the special effects are long, which is basically equivalent to a large cartoon. 800 million is not spent all at once. DreamWorks is definitely the case at present.

Those who have the ability to start this project alone, not to mention that the Chinese Film Studio will also participate in the investment. Chen Jingxing is not worried about the funds.

The current special effects technology in China has not reached the same level a few years later, and the difficulty of production of "Georgeism" is actually higher than that of "The Wandering Earth". At this stage, we can only rely on foreign special effects companies, and the cost is difficult to reduce.

Not to mention that in addition to production and shooting, there will be more obstacles in the scheduled release process.

Although Fantasy and Penguin Video recommend a lot of young stars they have in their arms, DreamWorks wants to create a fine TV series. Even with Sun Li and Deng Chao joining, Chen Jingxing does not want to let the finale of the protagonists in the TV series.

What flaws are there in a corner?

Anyway, the second round of financing has deceived enough funds - this is also the reason why United Cinemas and Tianrun are extremely dissatisfied.

With Chen Jingxing's support, Tian Xinye also had enough courage to return all the traffic-related households. After a few candidates were appointed for audition, Zhang Ruoyun was finally confirmed.

The reason why "The Wandering Earth" is low cost is that it mainly uses the domestic special effects team, and secondly, its special effects have not reached the international first-class level. Of course, it is enough to reach the upper and lower level in Hollywood. Thirdly, its special effects cameras are far away.

Below "Gravity".

After all, DreamWorks is not rich in funds. If all the money is placed on Gravity, it will affect the development of other projects and plans. As for the means of credit financing, he believes that once the Gravity project is announced,

, banks may be very cautious about DreamWorks' credit financing.

However, although there was some regret that the tacit cooperation relationship was broken, Chen Jingxing did not have any doubts or retreat from himself.

Although the project promotion of Gravity has reached a deadlock, other projects of DreamWorks are still being implemented normally.

The production cost of "The Wandering Earth" is no more than 350 million yuan. "Detective Chinatown III" claims to invest 1.3 billion yuan, but everyone knows how crazy it is to claim to be injected. "Detective Chinatown I" costs less than 80 million yuan, and it is said to be 2.

Yi Yi, the real production cost of "Detective Chinatown III" will not exceed 500 million, but it is a sequel to the popular IP and cannot be compared with the original script.

Although Zhang Ruoyun is considered a resource celebrity after careful consideration, his father is a well-known producer in the circle and has a certain status in the TV drama industry, but his acting skills are above the level and his lines are good - this is among young actors

A relatively rare business capability.

Huaguo film and television production practitioners have strong handicraft characteristics, and often use the relationship between master and apprentice and fellow villagers as adhesives. They have not formed a complete and free talent market. The talent periods that make a name are also very tight. I want to

It is not easy to truly form a crew above the level.

After all, a movie with a real cost of 800 million yuan, excluding examples of money laundering, even before Chen Jingxing traveled through time was definitely the best.

DreamWorks is actually lucky enough, and every step is just right, which allows him to build such a big stall in a year.

If there is no first-class film company to contribute to the efforts and rely on oneself to find treasures in the market, it is like picking gold from the sand. If you don’t pay enough tuition and don’t have enough running-in time, you will not be able to build a high-level mature team.

The "Detective Chinatown" project is the first film produced by Chen Sicheng's newly established company Chengya Film Company, which brought two investors, DreamWorks and United Theater, but the crew has not yet prepared it.

After the director of the TV series "Signal" was confirmed, the last protagonist who had not been decided has also come to light.

However, I'm afraid the possibility of Lianhe Cinema and Tianrun participating in this project is extremely low. However, the attitudes of the two Internet companies, Fantasy and Penguin Video, are a bit ambiguous, and there are still possibilities that can be obtained.

Chen Jingxing naturally hopes that more investors can help him share the financial pressure. Chen Jingxing's original plan to invest half of the production costs of DreamWorks, and the other half will be shared by other companies.

Since the TV series "Signal" is known as a fine product, the shooting plan is live radio, and Chen Jingxing does not intend to shoot in the film and television city. Live radio and post-production can definitely be achieved.

Large-scale dubbing of TV series is purely limited to China, so we can only talk about American dramas, Japanese dramas, Korean dramas and even Thai dramas. It can be seen that live radio is not a technical problem at all.

Although Zhang Ruoyun's performance in the audition was indeed good, his lines were indeed the highlight that Chen Jingxing and director Tian Xinye valued.

Since the actors have basically been decided and the crew is ready-made, the TV series "Signal" soon held a start-up ceremony.

(End of this chapter)